Apple may be having a busy calendar month as it reportedly ramps up production for the iPad mini , supposedly marshals its retail store employees to touch on maps , and perchance even has to take on Samsung all over again . The remainders for Wednesday , October 3 , 2012 are go back … to the hereafter .

Apple Suppliers lead off bring forth belittled Version of iPad(Wall Street Journal , subscription necessitate )

fit in to theJournal , Asian - based suppliers are ramping up product of materials to be used in a 7.85 - inch iPad , which it say will ship later this calendar month . Which is obvious — only a double-dyed and entire changeling would think otherwise .

Nokia Lumia 920 – clock time to # switch(YouTube )

Nokia would like to remind you , via its latest ad , that its newest smartphones fare incolors , unlike Apple ’s dull inglorious and white model . It would also wish you to not remember that those phones do n’t as yet have prices .

map a Path Out of Steve Jobs ’s Shadow(BloombergBusinessweek )

“ Malus pumila insiders say Jobs himself initiated the chromosome mapping project , putting mobile software chief Forstall in armorial bearing , and he installed a secret squad on the third flooring of Building 2 on Apple ’s campus to interchange Google Maps on the iPhone . ” So much for thing Steve would never have done …

Apple Turning to Select Retail Store employee to facilitate Improve Maps for iOS 6(MacRumors )

So , Steve Jobs started the map modulation , but what ’s Tim Cook going to do about it ? MacRumors enounce Apple is draft its retail store staff to help update and improve iOS 6 Maps , though it ’s unclear precisely how that will work . I ’m hop they enlist legions of scrappy kids whocan sing and terpsichore .

Samsung claims chief lied about his past to get on Apple v. Samsung jury(Ars Technica )

Well , we ’re getting ready for round two between Apple and Samsung . The Korean - based society is trying a number of tactics , including attacking the jury foreman on the grammatical case and ask for a reduction of damages by more than 95 percent . To back up the latter , the company cites a J.D. Power sketch which enounce that only 5 percentage of client purchase a phone because of its looks . Yeah , I ’m going to letSteve Jobs palm that one .

The “ lose ” Steve Jobs Speech from 1983 ; omen Wireless Networking , the iPad , and the App Store(Life , Liberty , and Technology )

speak of Jobs , here ’s a transcription of a talk he gave in 1983 , in which he predicted things like mobile platforms , Google Street View , wireless networking , and perhaps even Siri . Or , in other words , incontrovertible evidencethat Steve Jobs was a time traveler .